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Diseases don’t care for race or class. But they continue to be pinned to race, gender, sexual preference and geography In the early 1900s in New York, a strange event took place in the upscale enclaves of Long Island. Many of its denizens began to mysteriously contract typhoid. The emergence of a

Aid , Business , COVID-19 , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 04/24/2020

Governments, private sector and health leaders to ensure everyone can access new vaccines, and treatments for COVID-19

Heads of state and global health leaders today made an commitment to work together to accelerate the development and production of new vaccines, tests and treatments for COVID-19 and assure equitable access worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic has already affected more than 2.4 million people, killing o

Aid , COVID-19 , Health , Sustainable Development / 04/23/2020

Fixing the WHO

Joel Negin Like other United Nations bodies, the WHO has always been a political beast. It is funded by and given its power by member states and therefore has always been beholden to the political machinations of individual countries and power blocks. Donald Trump’s sharp criticism of the World He

Biodiversity , COVID-19 , Education , Environment , Featured , Launches & Events , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 04/22/2020

“Earth School” launched to keep students connected to nature in the time of COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, UNEP launched a coalition with TED-Ed and others called “Earth School,” for providing free, educational content for students, parents and teachers who are currently at home Initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and TED-Ed, Earth School

COVID-19 , Health , Sustainable Development / 04/19/2020

‘It’s Not Over Until It’s Over’: 5 Things To Know About Hitting The COVID-19 Peak

Phil Galewitz Health experts say not to expect a single peak day — when new cases reach their highest level — to determine when the tide has turned. As with any disease, the numbers need to decline for at least a week to discern any real trend. As New York, California and other states begin [&he

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Food / 04/15/2020

As coronavirus outbreak exposes faultlines in long supply chains, are locally self-sufficient economies the way forward?

I donned my mask, and bravely set forth to the local grocery shop and vegetable and fish market. The formerly boring chore was now charged with adventure and risk. Would the police whack me for being out on my errands? Would the shops be open? Would they be stocked? Most importantly, would the dratt

COVID-19 , Health , Sanitation , Sustainable Development , Waste / 04/13/2020

Waste management an essential public service in the fight to beat COVID-19

With the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continuing to spread and its impacts upon human health and the economy intensifying day-by-day, governments are urged to treat waste management, including of medical, household and other hazardous waste, as an urgent and essential public service in or

COVID-19 , Health , Human Rights , Migration , Opinions , Sanitation , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 04/10/2020

In India, fight against corona is a fight for water, against inequality

In the country, 7 percent of the population are without even a basic water supply close to home. About 81 percent rural Indians don’t have a tap connection at home. Indians woke up very late to the threat of corona pandemic, in the first week of March. The first thing that people were advised to

Business , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Economy , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Sustainable Development / 04/09/2020

Half a billion people could be pushed into poverty by coronavirus

Oxfam’s new report ‘Dignity Not Destitution’ presents fresh analysis which suggests between six and eight percent of the global population could be forced into poverty as governments shut down entire economies to manage the spread of the virus. The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemi

Biodiversity , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Disasters , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Sustainable Development / 04/07/2020

Public Calls for Governments to Close Southeast Asia’s Wildlife Markets

A WWF public survey in South East Asian countries show that an overwhelming majority support closure of wildlife markets which are mostly illegal This World Health Day, as the world grapples with the worst public health emergency in recent memory, over 90 percent of respondents surveyed in Southeast

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